Replication
Enzyme responsible for laying down RNA primers during replication
What is primase?
This is the term for a 3-letter "word" that codes for a specific amino acid.
What is a codon?
The site of protein synthesis.
What is the ribosome?
A cluster of genes transcribed together in prokaryotes.
What is an operon?
Apples grow on trees and cars go in this storage spot.
What are garages?
What are okazaki fragments?
This enzyme binds to DNA to make an RNA copy of a gene.
What is RNA Polymerase?
AUG is a start codon that also codes for this amino acid.
What is methionine?
Region that acts like a light switch in an operon.
What is an operator?
This type of nitrogenous base has a two-ring structure.
What is a purine?
This type of cell has only one origin of replication.
What is prokaryotic?
This mRNA sequence would be complementary to CATCAT.
What is GUAGUA?
This is the last site a tRNA occupies before leaving the ribosome.
What is the E site?
The synthesis of this amino acid in E. coli is regulated by the trp operon.
What is tryptophan?
This kind of bond holds together the backbone of DNA.
What is phosphodiester?
Version of DNA Polymerase that replaces RNA primers with DNA.
What is DNA Polymerase I?
This is added to the 3' end of an mRNA molecule as a modification.
What is a poly-A tail?
Type of bond formed between adjacent amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
Different from a point mutation, insertions and deletions are this type of mutation.
Used bacteria to propose the "Transforming Principle"
Who is Griffith?
% of T nucleotides if 20% is C
mRNA is a copy of the ___________ strand with Us instead of Ts.
UGA is an example of a _____ codon.
What is stop?
The buildup of this substance can activate the CAP protein to increase lac transcription.
What is cAMP?
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?